Elections, Parties, Democracy

Conferring the Median Mandate

Michael D. McDonald and Ian Budge

Elections, Parties, Democracy

Conferring the Median Mandate

Michael D. McDonald and Ian Budge

Description

How does representative democracy work in the modern age? Examining 21 post-war democracies, this strikingly innovative approach by two world-class scholars demonstrates how the voter in the middle--the median elector--empowers the centre party in parliament to translate political preferences into public policy.